Monitor Height from Floor - guidelines?

[bperkins01]

Hi All,

I'm in the final design stages of my cabinet - right now the design has the center of my screen at the 48.5" mark at the moment.  Looking at a few commercial cabinet designs I think I'm a bit on the low side and should maybe be at the 52-53"" level? 

Can anyone recommend an ergonomics guide for this?

FWIW:  I'm 5'11"
Thanks!

[Titchgamer]

Build it so its comfortable to you as you will be playing more than anyone else.

[BadMouth]

Experiment.  There's no substitution for actual testing.

On an arcade cab, the angle of the screen plays a big part so there isn't a height that applies to all cab designs.
Tilted further=mounted lower
No kids playing=mount higher

Dimensions of my cab are in the thread linked in my sig, but I have no idea what the actual height of the monitor is.
It's just what felt right.

[bperkins01]

Thank you - I think I can mock something simple up out in the shop and see..

The universal answer to everything:  It depends   

I'm betting I may be a little on the low side.. for monitor height..

[Titchgamer]

When I built mine I first worked out the CP height by measuring
The height to my wrists when in a comfortable playing position.
Then worked out the monitor position based on having it slightly higher. Which for my angle etc worked out about 3” higher than the CP.

[bperkins01]

I'm certain I have a good CP height and angle.. 
thanks for the tips..  I'll set up things just to make sure I dont get a sore neck.

The reason I'm rethinking is that my game is Centipede..  my trackball will be about the same height..  but the center of my monitor is ~4" lower..
I'll recheck the angles.